Twitter Is Trolling America’s Newest Soccer Star

Frank Lampard is one of the most decorated players in English soccer history. He’s Chelsea’s all time leading goalscorer, a two-time Premier League player of the year, and a runner up for the 2005 FIFA player of the year award. And like many a European soccer star in the autumn of his career, Lampard is coming to America: Last week, he signed a two-year contract with New York City FC of Major League Soccer.

Today Lampard sat down at NYCFC headquarters to take questions tweeted to the #AskLamps hashtag:

Frank Lampard is taking over @NYCFC right now for a quick Twitter Q&A. Ask anything you want with #AskLamps. Go.

— New York City FC (@NYCFC)

The only problem? Lampard’s nickname also happens to be the name for the common household lighting appliance. Twitter is not letting this fact go unnoticed.

Do you take prefer 65W incandescent or 15W energy saving? #AskLamps

— Daniel J Bentley (@DJBentley)

Incandescent or LED bulbs?
#AskLamps

— Liars Never Win (@liars_never_win)

Why do I always get the fan speed and light chains confused?
#AskLamps

— Patriot-IronDome (@Patriot_Musket)

@NYCFC #AskLamps do you come in all different shapes and sizes?

— Shaun (@Shaun_C_sXe)

#AskLamps Generally speaking, do you prefer being unplugged at night, or just switched off and left?

— Jay (@MrJayMobbs)

#AskLamps Do you love lamp?

— Mike Thomas, author (@ItDaFiveOh)

#AskLamps Do you feel pain when we have to change a bulb?

— Graham (@_GrahamPatrick)

#AskLamps do you prefer a screw or bayonet connection as an interface with bulbs. I know John Terry likes as good screw.

— wayne godfrey (@Hornet7127)

#AskLamps How are you adapting to American sockets? Can you cope with going from 3 prongs to 2?

— Fook Yu (@WhingerSpice)

#AskLamps What's your problem with the 'i' in Pixar?

— TIME STOOD STILL (@TheMetalWhovian)

#AskLamps how did you cope switching to American plugsockets

— Dom (@Dom_berrisford)

#AskLamps do you take an energy saving bulb?

— Finn (@FinnMcIver)

Why do you get turned on so much, and how do you stay on for so long before burning out?! PS Favorite shade? #AskLamps

— Robbie (@ThatRobbieFox)

As far as senior tour receptions go, this is hardly Pele arriving at the New York Cosmos in 1975. Still, Lampard should be well equipped to deal with the mockery: He navigated the acid British press for nearly two decades. They called him “Fat Frank”.